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2. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password. AOL will NEVER ask for your password and would not ask you to ...

3. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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   The pop-up instructs the victim to call the scammers via a phone number to fix the "error". Technical support scams can also be initiated via cold calls. These are usually robocalls which claim to be associated with a legitimate third party such as Microsoft or Apple. Technical support scams can also attract victims by purchasing keyword ...

4. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   • Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.

5. Malicious Software Removal Tool - Wikipedia

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   Malicious Software Removal Tool. Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool ( MSRT) is a freeware second-opinion malware scanner that Microsoft 's Windows Update downloads and runs on Windows computers each month, independent of the install antivirus software. First released on January 13, 2005, [2] MSRT does not offer real-time protection.

6. Virus hoax - Wikipedia

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   Virus hoax. A computer virus hoax is a message warning the recipients of a non-existent computer virus threat. The message is usually a chain e-mail that tells the recipients to forward it to everyone they know, but it can also be in the form of a pop-up window. [1] [2]

7. Follow these steps if you've been hacked

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   Here are some steps you should take if you discover you’ve been hacked: Contact the business behind the account that’s been hacked – Once they are aware of the problem, they can halt any ...